If you haven’t already heard of Elasticsearch, or Elastic, you’re in a dwindling minority. A year ago there were 20 million downloads of Elasticsearch, and now there are 50 million, so the word is definitely out. Elasticsearch is an open-source search stack, started in 2010, that has since grown exponentially and provides users with the power of enterprise search and the flexibility of customizable software.

The news last week of Recommind's acquisition had me singing "It's a new dawn". Why?Although the acquisition was undoubtedly motivated first and foremost by Recommind's e-Discovery technology and business, I think there's a strong chance this will be good news for their Enterprise Search customers. OpenText has the resources to succeed with search in a commodity market, a market focus that complements Decisiv's differentiators, and a track record of making acquisitions successful.